SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 6 Speed Limits for Vehicles of Certain Classes
Part I Vehicles Fitted with Pneumatic Tyres on all Wheels
(see application provisions below the following Table)
Figure "60" in Sch. 6 Pt. 1 item 5 substituted by S.I. 1986/1175, reg. 2(1)(b)
Figure "50" in Sch. 6 Pt. 1 item 5 substituted (E.W.) (6.4.2015) by The Motor Vehicles (Variation of Speed Limits) (England and Wales) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3552), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(a)
Figure "40" in Sch. 6 Pt. 1 item 5 substituted (E,W.) (6.4.2015) by The Motor Vehicles (Variation of Speed Limits) (England and Wales) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3552), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(b)
Item 9 in Sch. 6 Pt. 1 added by S.I. 1986/1175, reg. 2(1)(c)
1 | 2 | 3 | ||
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Item No. | Class of Vehicle | Maximum speed (in miles per hour) while vehicle is being driven on: | ||
(a) Motorway | (b) Dual carriageway road not being a motorway | (c) Other road | ||
1. | A passenger vehicle, motor caravan or dual-purpose vehicle not drawing a trailer being a vehicle with an unladen weight exceeding 3·05 tonnes or adapted to carry more than 8 passengers: | |||
(i) if not exceeding 12 metres in overall length | 70 | 60 | 50 | |
(ii) if exceeding 12 metres in overall length | 60 | 60 | 50 | |
2. | An invalid carriage | not applicable | 20 | 20 |
3. | A passenger vehicle, motor caravan, car-derived van or dual-purpose vehicle drawing one trailer | F160 | F160 | 50 |
4. | A passenger vehicle, motor caravan, car-derived van or dual-purpose vehicle drawing more than one trailer | 40 | 20 | 20 |
5. | (1) A goods vehicle having a maximum laden weight not exceeding 7·5 tonnes and which is not—(a) an articulated vehicle, or(b) drawing a trailer, or(c) a car-derived van | 70 | 60 | 50 |
(2) A goods vehicle which is— | ||||
(a) (i) an articulated vehicle having a maximum laden weight not exceeding 7·5 tonnes, or (ii) a motor vehicle, other than a car-derived van, which is drawing one trailer where the aggregate maximum laden weight of the motor vehicle and the trailer does not exceed 7·5 tonnes | 60 | F260 | 50 | |
(b) (i) an articulated vehicle having a maximum laden weight exceeding 7·5 tonnes, (ii) a motor vehicle having a maximum laden weight exceeding 7·5 tonnes and not drawing a trailer, or (iii) a motor vehicle drawing one trailer where the aggregate maximum laden weight of the motor vehicle and the trailer exceeds 7·5 tonnes | 60 | |||
(c) a motor vehicle, other than a car-derived van, drawing more than one trailer | 40 | 20 | 20 | |
6. | A motor tractor (other than an industrial tractor), a light locomotive or a heavy locomotive—(a) if the provisions about springs and wings as specified in paragraph 3 of Part IV of this Schedule are complied with and the vehicle is not drawing a trailer, or if those provisions are complied with and the vehicle is drawing one trailer which also complies with those provisions | 40 | 30 | 30 |
(b) in any other case | 20 | 20 | 20 | |
7. | A works truck | 18 | 18 | 18 |
8. | An industrial tractor | not applicable | 18 | 18 |
F39. | F3An agricultural motor vehicle | F340 | F340 | F340 |
Words in Sch. 6 Pt. I inserted (S.) (28.10.2014) by The HGV Speed Limit (M9/A9 Trunk Road) Regulations 2014 (S.S.I. 2014/274), regs. 1, 2
F4 For a vehicle falling within class 5(2)(b) above, the maximum speed while the vehicle is being driven on a part of the M9/A9 Trunk Road specified in the Schedule to the HGV Speed Limit (M9/A9 Trunk Road) Regulations 2014 is 50 miles per hour (rather than 40 miles per hour as specified in column 3(c) of the Table above).
Application
This Part applies only to motor vehicles, not being track-laying vehicles, every wheel of which is fitted with a pneumatic tyre and to such vehicles drawing one or more trailers, not being track-laying vehicles, every wheel of which is fitted with a pneumatic tyre.
Figure "60" in Sch. 6 Pt. 1 item 3 substituted by S.I. 1986/1175, reg. 2(1)(a)